Frederick H. Gillett

Frederick H. Gillett
United States Senator
from Massachusetts
In office
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931
Preceded byDavid I. Walsh
Succeeded byMarcus A. Coolidge
37th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office
December 5, 1923 – March 3, 1925
Preceded byChamp Clark
Succeeded byNicholas Longworth
In office
May 19, 1919 – December 3, 1923
Preceded bymulti-ballot election
Succeeded byvacancy resolved
Leader of the House Republican Conference
In office
May 19, 1919 – March 3, 1925
Preceded byJames Robert Mann
Succeeded byNicholas Longworth
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1925
Preceded byElijah A. Morse
Succeeded byGeorge B. Churchill
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1890–1891
Personal details
Born
Frederick Huntington Gillett

(1851-10-16)October 16, 1851
Westfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJuly 31, 1935(1935-07-31) (aged 83)
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placePine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
SpouseChristine Rice Hoar
EducationAmherst College (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)
ProfessionLawyer

Frederick Huntington Gillett (/ɪˈlɛt/; October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1925 and as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1925 to 1931. A Republican, Gillett first began his career in politics when he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1890 to 1891, and would go on to serve in the House from 1893 to 1925. In 1924, he became the oldest individual elected to a first term in the U.S. Senate, a record that he would hold until Peter Welch's victory in the 2022 United States Senate election in Vermont 98 years later.